Time Travel: Volume 1! Starting from a Small Mountain Village

The day after the autumn harvest ended, the tranquility of Dongwan Brigade was broken by a roar. A tractor slowly drove in, and in the driver's seat sat Comrade Wang from the machinery factory. Unlike before, when he would drive Factory Director Xu to find Long, the educated youth, this time he not only drove a tractor but also carried an important task—transporting a threshing machine.

Besides Comrade Wang, a young man, clearly an employee of the machinery factory, was also sitting on the tractor. Long Lifan was hurriedly summoned by the brigade leader, and she immediately spotted the tractor parked in front of the brigade headquarters, and Comrade Wang jumping off the vehicle.

"Youth Long!" Comrade Wang greeted her with a smile, his face full of joy. Long Lifan smiled too. The arrival of this threshing machine would greatly reduce the labor intensity of the brigade and allow the commune members to experience something new and different.

He quickly instructed the team leader to organize men to help unload the thresher from the tractor. Besides the thresher, there was also a plastic bucket containing gasoline. In this place without electricity, gasoline became the best source of power. Looking at these machines, Long Lifan was filled with emotion.

The design drawings she initially gave to Xu Tiansheng have now become a real machine. When she was designing the drawings, she had already prepared two models of engines. One could run on electricity, and the other on gasoline. In most rural areas, there was no electricity, so gasoline was the only option.

Comrade Wang pointed to the male comrade who came with him and said, "Long Zhiqing, this is Comrade Gao Mingyuan from our machinery factory. He's here to guide everyone on how to use the threshing machine."

"Hello!" Long Lifan greeted him with a smile.

Gao Mingyuan was also a long-time employee of the machinery factory, and he deeply understood the factory's previous predicament. But recently, the machinery factory seemed to have undergone a complete transformation overnight, not only developing several new types of agricultural tools but also winning repeated praise from superiors. Rumors quietly spread throughout the factory that all these changes were due to a powerful figure helping Director Xu.

On the way here, Master Wang told him that the "expert" was actually Long, a educated youth from Dongwan Brigade. Gao Mingyuan was quite excited, thinking he could finally meet this "expert" in person. However, when he finally saw the "expert" who was talked about like a legend in the factory—it was actually a young girl! He was stunned for a moment, but seeing the girl smiling and greeting him, Gao Mingyuan snapped out of his daze and quickly replied, "Hello, hello!" But he couldn't help but wonder to himself, does this young girl really have such great abilities?

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Gao Mingyuan began installing the thresher. Lin Guodong specially found a few people to help, and under Gao Mingyuan's guidance, everyone worked together in an orderly manner.

Long Lifan watched from the sidelines, ensuring that each step was performed correctly. This threshing machine not only represents technological advancement but also marks a significant step forward for the Dongwan Brigade towards agricultural modernization.

"Rumble..."

A short while later, a loud rumbling sound rang out, announcing that Comrade Gao had successfully debugged the machine. The villagers who were watching were witnessing this scene for the first time. Hearing the rumbling sound and feeling the slight tremor of the ground, they all involuntarily took a few steps back.

However, after confirming there was no danger, they slowly gathered around and examined the machine. Seeing this, Long Lifan immediately had someone bring over some corn. As a corncob was thrown into the machine, the sound suddenly increased several decibels, as if proclaiming its efficiency and power.

Then, everyone saw golden corn kernels fall from the outlet, while the cobs were discharged from below. As corn was continuously added, baskets filled with corn kernels soon appeared before everyone.

The villagers had never seen such a spectacle before, and they began to discuss it amongst themselves.

"My goodness, this machine is amazing. It makes a whole basketful in just a few minutes."

"That's right. If I were to peel them by hand, it would take me at least half a day to peel a whole basketful."

"I heard that this machine was secured for our brigade by Long Zhiqing. She's amazing!"

"yes…"

The members discussed it amongst themselves, constantly praising the machine's wonders, and even Long Lifan praised it.

Lin Guodong and the other village officials were also seeing such a magical thing for the first time. Looking at everything in front of them, they were shocked and delighted. With such efficient machines, it would probably only take a few days for all the corn in the Dongwan Brigade to be threshed.

However, when Lin Guodong picked up a corncob, his gaze focused on the part at the tip that hadn't completely detached, and a pang of regret welled up in his heart.

Long Lifan, standing to the side, couldn't help but laugh when she saw his expression. She gently comforted him, "Captain, don't look at it. After all, machines aren't human. It's normal that the tips of the corn cobs don't come off completely."

Hearing this, Lin Guodong looked up at Long Lifan's smiling eyes and nodded slightly. Long Lifan continued, "When the time comes, we'll have someone chop off the front section, mince it, and feed it to the pigs or chickens. That way, we won't waste anything, and we can also provide some fodder for the brigade's livestock. Wouldn't that be killing two birds with one stone?" Hearing this, Lin Guodong thought it made a lot of sense, and the slight regret in his heart completely disappeared.

Comrade Wang looked at the threshing machine roaring and finally felt relieved. He turned to Long Lifan and said, "Long, this machine is yours now. I have to hurry and deliver machinery to other communes." After saying that, he drove the tractor away in a hurry, and his figure quickly disappeared from sight.

At this moment, Xu Tiansheng found Li Chang'an again and said urgently, "Old Li, I need to trouble you again to help me find the heads of each commune. I have something important to discuss with them."

Li Chang'an wanted to ask what was going on, but seeing Xu Tiansheng's hurried appearance, he simply responded and turned to instruct his secretary to notify the others. Soon, the heads of various communes arrived one after another on the second floor of the county committee office. As soon as they entered, they saw Director Xu, who had previously donated sickles. Thinking back to the sickles they had bought, although they were indeed useful, the thought of the money spent made them feel somewhat uneasy.

They exchanged glances, understanding each other's thoughts. Last time, Director Xu had given them the sickle as a gift, clearly a ploy to lure them into buying bait. Now, seeing Director Xu again, they were all wary, wondering what tricks he had up his sleeve this time. They looked at each other, silently considering how to respond.

"Director Xu, you're not here again like last time, to give away new farm tools to our communes, are you?" A commune leader stood up and said half-jokingly. He had already made up his mind that if Director Xu really did give them away, he would accept them without hesitation, but he would definitely not spend money to buy them again afterward.

Upon hearing this, Xu Tiansheng coughed lightly twice, his smile remaining warm: "How could that be! Our machinery factory isn't well-off either, we can't afford to give it away!" As he spoke, he waved his hand with a smile, indicating that everyone shouldn't overthink it.